John blum



(No Model.)

' J. BLUM.

SHOE. l

Patented Sept. 21, 1886.

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JOHN BLUM, OF DANSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO 'GERTRUDE BLUM,

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SHOE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,562, dated September 21, 1886. Application tiled March 31, 1886. Serial No. 107,246. (No model.)

- Io all whom zmay/ concern: preferred, and the heel then pegged on, or Be it known that l, JOHN BLUM, of Dansthe heel, counter, and sole are simultaneously ville, in the county of Livingston and State of secured by stitching or pegging through them 55 New York, have invented certain new and all. After this has been done the upper is 5 useful Improvements in Shoes; andldo hereapplied by stitching through the sole and by declare the following tobe a full, clear, through the counterpart of the upper from and exact description of the same, reference the point s, (shown in Fig. 1,) around to a being had to the accompanying drawings, corresponding point on the opposite side, 6o forming a part of this specification, and to care being taken that the stitches do not Io the iigures and letters of reference marked strike through the lining of the upper; af-

ihereon. ter which the counter and upper are con` My invention relates to improvements in nected by applying one or more lines of stitchshoe's, and particularly to that class in which ing around the upper edge of the counter, as 65 the upper is composed of woven or felted shown inFig. l. f5 woolen material, fleece-lined and united to a Instead of stitching the sole to the upper sole of felt or leather, such shoes being par' lirst, the counter and upper may be first ticularly adapted for use by those who suffer stitched and the sole and upper afterward. I from cold feet. by preference channel the sole and lay the 7o The object of my invention is to provide stitches therein. By this mode of connecting 2o shoes of this class with a sole-leather sole the upper to the sole and counter it will be and counter, and to so unite said sole and seen that none of the pegs employed in unit- Ycounter to thc upper as to leave the interior ing the sole to the counter and the heel to the of the shoe free from pegs or heavy seams, sole are struck through the uppcr,so as to an- 75 that would destroy the smoothness and uninoy the wearer; but the whole interior of the 25 formity of the interior of the shoes and offer shoe is leftsmooth and even,unbroken at any annoyance tothe wearer. point even bythe stitches employed, save that To this end it consists in combining with a around the upper edge of the counter, which woven woolen-top upper, forming a complete is made with thread of much finer quality 8o casing for the wearers foot, sole-leather sole than that employed in securing the sole, and 3o and a sole-leather counter united by pegs produces so light a seam as tobe unnoticed or stitching to the sole before the application in the Wearing of the shoe. of the woolen upper, and then united to the The employment of the heavy leather sole upper by stitching around the upper edge of imparts a shape and iinish to the article,caus 85 said counter, substantially as hereinafter deing it to contrast favorably with shoes of this 35 scribed. class, in the construction of which iexible y Referring to the accompanying drawings, soles of sheep-skin are employed. Figure l represents a perspective view of a Havingthus described myinvention,what I shoe embodying my invention Fig. 2, a perclaim as new is- 9 speotive view of the sole and counter before A The herein-described shoe, consisting of the 4o the application of the upper; Fig. 3, a sec- Woolen upper constituting in itself a complete tional view taken on the line x x, Fig. l. foot-covering, the sole-leather sole united to The letter A represents the upper, consistthe upper by stitching, as described, and the ing, preferably, of woven woolen material sole-leather counter pegged or otherwise at- 95 fleece-lined on the inside and constituting in tached to the top -side of the sole and united 45 itselfa complete foot-covering. Bis the sole, to the outside of the upper by stitching C the heel, and D the counter. around its upper edge, substantially as speciln the manufacture of these shoes the upper tied, whereby the entire interior of the shoe is is first produced as a'iinished article. The left substantially smooth, as described.

sole and heel are then out out and the sole- JOHN BLUM. 5o leather counter cut out and shaped bythe Vitnesses:

usual appliances. The counter and solo are Nien. SHANTGEN WALTNERS,

then united by pegs, nails, or stitches, as N. SCOI.. WALTNERS. 

